Traffic restrictions are also in place to support the kanwar pilgrims’ movement. Noida: The district has rolled out artificial intelligence-enabled cameras and tethered drones to monitor this year’s kanwar yatra, officials said. More than 3,000 CCTV cameras, 30 drones and 2,500 police personnel have been deployed across 334 km of pilgrimage routes, with special traffic…
Tangled mess of underground cables and wires having been lying beside the roads in Indirapuram for months Ghaziabad: Excavation work for a drainage network overhaul in Indirapuram has damaged underground utilities, including the Ganga water pipeline, gas lines and optical fibre cables, residents said. Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation’s ongoing refurbishment of its 135-km drainage network under…
The ambulance was carrying a patient to Sanjay Nagar Hospital Ghaziabad: An ambulance carrying a patient to hospital remained stranded for nearly 50 minutes on Delhi-Meerut road on Monday morning after a minor collision with a tractor-trolley carrying kanwariyas triggered a blockade.The ambulance, which was shifting a patient — a kanwar pilgrim himself — from…
Police traced the men when the registration number of their cars and arrested them from Masuri Road Ghaziabad: Two men were arrested for allegedly offering a ride to a 16-year-old girl in Masuri but taking her to Hapur and raping her instead, police said.An FIR had been registered based on a complaint filed by the…
The service lane near Sector 146 metro station blocked by construction material for an upcoming luxury housing project Noida: A six-lane bridge over Hindon, connecting Aqua Line’s Sector 146 metro station and Knowledge Park 3 in Greater Noida, is set to halve travel time for commuters by letting them skip Noida Expressway, Pari Chowk and…
Noida: The Noida Entrepreneurs Association (NEA) has urged the Noida Authority to extend the deadline for making industrial plots operational by two to three years, citing delays caused by environmental restrictions, procedural requirements and labour shortages.In a letter to the Authority, the association said the existing five-year deadline from plot allotment to operationalisation is no…
Ganga water treatment plant at Siddharth Vihar Noida: Taps ran dry across large parts of Noida and Ghaziabad on Monday after the Ganga water treatment plants at Pratap Vihar and Siddharth Vihar were shut for two days from Saturday to clear heavy silt accumulation at Upper Ganga Canal in Haridwar. While stored supply met demand…
Residents highlighted missing benches, faulty lighting, and broken play equipment in the parks Ghaziabad: Residents of Shalimar Garden have urged GMC to urgently improve maintenance of the locality’s 18 parks, citing overgrown grass, poor waste disposal, and inadequate cleaning. They also highlighted missing benches, faulty lighting, and broken play equipment. Additionally, waterlogging around children’s play…
Noida: An additional sessions court on Friday sentenced the brother of a former gram pradhan to five years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs 8,800 for attempt to murder and trying to threaten and influence voters during a local panchayat poll in 2010.The gram pradhan of Kachhera village, Sushil Nagar,…
Ghaziabad: On June 13, 2017, Vijaynagar resident Sundar Lal Sharma filed a complaint with District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) against UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) chairman and others.On July 30, DCDRC cancelled an electricity bill issued to the Sector 9 resident nine years ago. The bill — amounting to a staggering Rs 1,90,471 —…
